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Guests are welcome to take a stroll around our
garden, a peaceful haven alive with birdsong and buzzing bees. You'll
see the garden when eating your breakfast but, if it's dry and warm,
feel free to sit outside and make the most of it. The garden changes a
lot throughout the year but from spring to autumn there is always
something of interest.
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Farm attracts a large variety of birds, depending on the season: tree
sparrows, chaffinches, greenfinches, goldfinches, siskins, goldcrests,
blue tits; great tits; coal tits, long-tailed tits, blackbirds,
thrushes, redwing, fieldfare, robins, dunnocks, wrens; jackdaws; rooks;
hooded crows; the list goes on.....and we get the occasional sparrowhawk
hunting for his dinner. The nearby woods contain both red kites and
buzzards. Throughout the summer, swallows, swifts and martins can be
seen overhead and often drink from our pond.
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Pots of
flowers are used in the garden to give splashes of colour throughout the
year.
We
garden with wildlife in mind, we compost as much waste as possible, plant
native trees as well as more exotic ones and make sure that our plants are
good for bees, bumblebees, butterflies and hover flies. We have several nest
boxes and a log pile under a bush where insects can hide.
Our garden pond acts as a magnet for all kinds of
wildlife along with many birds visiting to both bath and drink. The pond
margins provide a home for frogs, newts and toads, whilst the warmer summer
days attract both damsel and dragonflies.
The garden enjoys open views to the hills of the west and
our nearest “Munroe” Ben Wyvis, ample seating encourages you to linger.
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